Terror outfits are lapping up the World Wide Web

Terror outfits are lapping up the World Wide Web

The Mumbai attack perpetrated by Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Tayiba was an example of how terror outfits use latest available IT tools for their decisive motives, a top US commander has said, highlighting the role of cyber space in such events.

Terror outfits are lapping up the World Wide Web

They conducted their mission planning using Google Earth, and they used conventional cell networks to carry out their command and control.

When a tourist snapped and posted on the Web a cell phone photo of Indian army commandos dropping on the roof of the hotel, the terrorists used it to lay a trap to ambush the would-be rescuers. This was accomplished without any investment in expensive technologies or systems, Flynn said.

"Space and cyber will continue to play an increased role in events, with each becoming increasingly contested domains -- so it is a new domain that we're going to have to contest," Flynn said.